Ever heard of " The Sea Prince and Fire Child?"

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

One of those obscure animated films nobody seems to care about. I may rent it one day. Anyone seen it and liked it?

[Calhoun07]

Never heard of it, but I am attracted to obscure anime titles like bees are to honey. You're gonna rent it? So this is available on video or DVD?

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Not sure if it's anime. It looked like a pretty old VHS. Doubt it's on DVD yet, if ever.

I did, however, come across an obscure dub of the anime "Thumbelina."

"Thumbelina" my *****! Aside from the bad dubbing and ridiculously 40-year old voice for the 10-year old heroine, the story is basically a story ABOUT the Thumbelina story, with standard adventure cliches thrown in to pad the film.


Gah. You have to see it to know what I mean, which I do not recommend you do. Good thing I rented Powerpuff Girls with it. It saved my sanity after that fiasco.

I'd like to see this anime version of "The Little Mermaid" that I've been hearing about. I heard that Ariel (or whoever they named her in this version) commits suicide in the end...

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Leaping Larry Jojo
I'd like to see this anime version of "The Little Mermaid" that I've been hearing about. I heard that Ariel (or whoever they named her in this version) commits suicide in the end...

Sweet! I just got a little more desireous to get a region free DVD player!

[Lachesis]

I've seen Sea Prince and the Fire Child. Well, the dubbed version on a seriously degraded VHS tape where the audio was almost pure fuzz. Not a bad little flick at all, sort of a Romeo and Juliet set-up with more than a few dark elements in it. Worth the rental, and I certainly hope you wind up with a better copy than I did.